I think I somewhat agree but I also have 2 objections:
I don’t think people want a 1:1 clone of Reddit. We say that oftentimes. But there has to be some reason why you’re here and not over there… Like… You can have something that is 100% like Reddit, and that is Reddit itself. You can use it. But that’s obviously not the whole story there… What differences we all wish for is kind of individual. I’d like to see several improvements while we’re at it.
And I think it’s easier said than done. We still have some moderation tools missing, UI bugs, hacking and DDoSing happen when we were growing rapidly. And like more than a thousand open issues on Github. And artificial growth can have problematic consequences. Just dumping copied content here could kill engagement. Lots of people don’t like too much bot activity without meaningful user interaction. Or we could attract mainly the toxic people that got banned on other platforms for good reasons and are looking for a new place. We’d get the more toxic little sibling of Reddit and no-one wants to ask for relationship advice if it’s mostly trolls and shitposters replying to you.
I don’t see a good way for ‘artificial’ growth. But I like to hear other people’s opinions on that.
And I liked Reddit for enabling me to talk to people all around the world and have a place to discuss niche interests. You can really tell we only got like 40000 active users here (if the statistics are right) once you start asking for advice on a niche hobby. Nonetheless I really like it here. I think we need to have some patience but we also need to do the right things (right now) to succeed.
I think I somewhat agree but I also have 2 objections:
I don’t think people want a 1:1 clone of Reddit. We say that oftentimes. But there has to be some reason why you’re here and not over there… Like… You can have something that is 100% like Reddit, and that is Reddit itself. You can use it. But that’s obviously not the whole story there… What differences we all wish for is kind of individual. I’d like to see several improvements while we’re at it.
And I think it’s easier said than done. We still have some moderation tools missing, UI bugs, hacking and DDoSing happen when we were growing rapidly. And like more than a thousand open issues on Github. And artificial growth can have problematic consequences. Just dumping copied content here could kill engagement. Lots of people don’t like too much bot activity without meaningful user interaction. Or we could attract mainly the toxic people that got banned on other platforms for good reasons and are looking for a new place. We’d get the more toxic little sibling of Reddit and no-one wants to ask for relationship advice if it’s mostly trolls and shitposters replying to you.
I don’t see a good way for ‘artificial’ growth. But I like to hear other people’s opinions on that.
And I liked Reddit for enabling me to talk to people all around the world and have a place to discuss niche interests. You can really tell we only got like 40000 active users here (if the statistics are right) once you start asking for advice on a niche hobby. Nonetheless I really like it here. I think we need to have some patience but we also need to do the right things (right now) to succeed.